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  1. Class Struggle or Family Struggle? The Lives of Women Factory Workers in South Korea by Seung-Kyung Kim, Sueng-Kyung Kim Hardcover $49.95

  2. The Strains of Economic Growth: Labor Unrest and Social Dissatisfaction in Korea by David L. Lindauer, Jong-Gie Kim, Joung-Woo Lee Hardcover $30.00

    The publisher writes: THE STRAINS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH provides an analytic history of the economic causes of Korea’s labor unrest and popular discontent in the late 1980s. The conclusions of this volume are essential for understanding the labor struggles that continue in Korea today and are highly relevant to policy makers from other emerging economies who stand to benefit from both the successes and failures of Korea’s experience.